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The brothers’ aunt, who lives in Toronto, told the CBC Tamerlan had a wife and daughter. Maret Tsarnaeva said her nephew’s daughter was born in 2006, and that Tamerlan had been taking care of her while his wife worked.

She also said Tamerlan became more deeply religious two years ago and began praying five times a day, as is expected of devout Muslims.

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“My nephews cannot be part of this terrible, horrible act that was committed in the streets of Boston,” Tsarnaeva said.

The Boston Globe reported that Tamerlan had been a student at Bunker Hill Community College in Boston for three semesters from 2006 to 2008. CNN reported he was studying engineering.

Dzhokhar’s page on a Russian social media site says his worldview is “Islam.” The Boston Globe reported in 2011 he had won a $2,500 college scholarship from the city of Cambridge, where he attended Cambridge Rindge and Latin, a public school.

The Globe reported Friday he was enrolled at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, about 60 miles south of Boston. A fellow student told the paper he was studying marine biology and seemed apolitical.

“I think he’s Muslim, but not so religious,” said Pamala Rolon, who was a resident assistant in Dzhokhar’s dorm. “He’s a normal city kid.”

In fact, the Globe also reported Dzhokhar attended a party on Wednesday night — two days after the bombs wounded more than 100 and killed three. An unidentified student Dzhokhar at the party with friends he played intramural soccer with. University officials have confirmed he was on campus by tracking his security card swipes.

“He was just relaxed,” the student told the paper.

After discovering Dzhokhar was enrolled, UMass-Dartmouth officials closed the school for the day. ABC News reported Friday afternoon that a military helicopter landed on the campus, and National Guard troops and a Boston Police Department SWAT team had gotten out.

A friend of Dzhokhar’s from UMass-Dartmouth told POLITICO his classmate didn’t discuss politics or religion and had one truly notable habit.

Peter Payack, the assistant coach of Rindge and Latin’s wrestling team, said Dzhokar got along well with the other students at the diverse school.

“Everybody loved him,” Payack told the Globe. “He wasn’t a loner, the complete opposite. … He seemed like one of the most well-adjusted kids on the team. He seemed like he didn’t have any problems. He did his work, came out and became a captain.”

Dzhokar wrestled in the 135-pound weight class.

CNN reported that Dzhokar Tsarnaev’s friends confirmed a Twitter account of his. A dozen tweets have been posted to the account following the bombings.

“I’m a stress free kind of guy,” he wrote Wednesday.

On Tuesday: “There are people that know the truth but stay silent & there are people that speak the truth but we don’t hear them cuz they’re the minority.”

On Monday shortly after 8 p.m. — about five hours after the bombs exploded near the marathon’s finish line — he posted a lyric from “Heart of the City,” by rapper Jay-Z: “Ain’t no love in the heart of the city, stay safe people.”